Fans wave to the Autumn Express as it crosses the border into Vermont.

My chase of the Autumn Express begins at Eagle Bridge. I arrived very, very early, ultimately spending about 30 minutes standing outside waiting for the train. It was unseasonably cold that mornin... (more)

Amtrak's Autumn Express speeds through Pownal VT at a brisk 20mph.

The 1st publicly bookable Passenger Train in 30 years to run on the Pan Am Mainline between Mechanicsville NY and East Deerfield MA peaks out of the Hoosac Tunnel to a small army of railfans.

Saturday drew railfans from all over the Mid-Atlantic to Western Massachusetts. Amtrak's annual Autumn Express ran from Albany to East Deerfield via North Adams and the famous Hoosac Tunnel. It ha... (more)